| 单词 | country dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmascountry dog country dog n. a dog bred for use in the country. ΚΠ 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 79 A Great route of Towne dogs coursed sore a Country dog which ran away and durst not resist. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 45 Their quantitie is not much bigger then a countrey Dog. 1708 E. Arwaker Sel. Fables II. xxxiii. 140 A Country Dog , a very rustick Clown, Follow'd his Master to a Market-Town. 1816 Encycl. Londinensis XIV. 574/1 The people..hunt with their country-dogs, about whose necks they are obliged to hang wooden clappers, in order to follow them by the noise. 1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xxi. 276 Like a wild animal,..or like a rough-and-ready country dog, stock-herder and skunk-killer, brought as a pet to a city apartment. 2012 Drogheda Independent (Nexis) 25 July He was a country dog and couldn't have coped being cooped up in a city. < as lemmas |
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